>fact is, people are lousy drivers, and imperfect >automation is already better.
I keep hearing this but based on what evidence? It might do OK on wide motorways\freeways\autobahns but take it somewhere like the centre of Milan at rush hour. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm On Sat, 11 Nov 2017, at 11:49 AM, Ted Roche wrote: > On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 4:22 AM, Alan Bourke <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I doubt we'll see widespread adoption of fully autonomous road vehicles > > in any of our lifetimes. > > I doubt the automobile will replace the horse. People want to feel in > charge, go where they want to go, and cars are so unreliable, breaking > down all the time. > > > Even if the tech problems were solved, which > > they are far from being despite the hype, I'm still unclear as to what > > problem it would solve. Road deaths? I suspect putting the money into > > driver education and enforcement would yield better returns. > > Despite pouring millions into education, insurance programs, safety > devices from seatbelts to airbags, deaths per million miles went UP > last year. In the US alone, 40 THOUSAND people died on the roads. The > fact is, people are lousy drivers, and imperfect automation is already > better, but the numbers. > > > About the only sensible application I can see is for disabled people. > > The only thing is, we're all disabled. > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/1510557473.3672768.1170415696.10d57...@webmail.messagingengine.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
